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lead
I found two US made Berettas in a local shop yesterday. One is a model 92FS, a full size. The other is a Centurion, slightly smaller. They were asking less than $400 for them. I was wondering if there is any quality difference in the US gun vs. the Italian gun. Since the price was lower, and the guns were very clean and looked very good, I thought I might have found a bargain.

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  • lead
    To be more specific,the full size gun had a 10 rd. clip, was $349. The smaller gun had a 15 rd. clip, was $399.

    Car sickness is the feeling you get when you send in the monthly payment.
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  • Darin Sperling
    wow....
    I know of no problems between the two, but I am no expert
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  • Darin Sperling
    wow....
    I know of no problems between the two, but I am no expert
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  • CWatson
    Sounds like a good price for good guns.All Berettas used by the US armed forces and the LAPD are American made.I don't think I have seen these models with 'Made in Italy'on them anywere.CW

    1.A near miss is still a miss!
    2.Before I got married I spent half my money on women and guns,THE REST I WASTED!
    3.Wasn't me!
    4.KILL EM' ALL AND LET ALLAH SORT EM' OUT!
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  • JustC
    Originally, they were made in Italy Gardone, VT if I recall correctly. Mine is an Italian made gun. That was before Beretta had the Pocomoke MD facility running. The Assault rifles (ar-70) and pistols were made in Italy and the shotguns were being made in Accokeek MD. The rifles are no longer imported and the Pocomoke MD facility is now owned by Benelli. Therefore, hunting rifles, shotguns, and pistols are made primarily in Accokeek MD. I am not sure if some of the pistols are still made in Italy. But the pistols were originally produced there. Either way, the machines are the same, so are the specs, so is the metal. It is the same pistol with a different stamp on the slide. The military contract was a large part of the re-organization as well. Import costs would have placed their price out of the ballpark.

    A great rifle with a junk scope,....is junk.
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  • bk0331
    Lead, If you don't want the full-size, send me the gunshop's address, I know a fellow who would jump on it. bklimecki@comcast.net
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  • manforallseasons
    I bought a Beretta 92 FS In 1996 Brand new. Made in Maryland. ACCK. Still looks new, and used many times. Paid $600.00 The magazines are from italy. 10 rounds. This is a Stainless Model.

    Manforallseasons

    Edited by - manforallseasons on 09/10/2002 20:54:56
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  • Rocklobster
    The only difference is that the American-made guns have "Made in USA" stamped on them.
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  • gunndealer28518200
    I live close to two major military installations and I would have to disagree with the quality of the Italian verus the American made Berettas. this is based on what I have been told by MPs and they shoot a lot of rounds each month. There advice is that the USA made Beretta has a problem with the barrels and slides wearing out and facturing after maybe no more than 1000 rounds. In there same discussion several are the owners of the Beretta from Italy and they say they don't have the same problem with them. My only complaint with Beretta is a spring that is located on the right side under the grip. If you will take the right side grip off and compare it to a Taurus 92, you will see that the Taurus has solved the problem of the spring jumping out of the slot. I cleaned on for a local police officer and if he had been involved in a gun battle with a crook, the Beretta would have done him no good. It needs to be redesigned, but I have never heard of anyone else complaining about this gun problem. I myself prefer the Italian Beretta. Thanks for listening.
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  • lrarmsx
    They earlier US made Berettas were a little rougher than the current models. They were originally making them for the military and the finish was not as much of a concern. At one point you could hold an Italian and a US made one side by side and you could see and feel the difference. As time went on, they refined their finish. After either gun had been used for 6 months, you couldn't tell the difference. Some of the earlier ones from Italy had better triggers too. I bought my first Beretta 92 series back before it was fashionable, in 1982.
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  • chunkstyle
    That spring is there to reengage the hammer after the safety is taken off, so, yeah, the gun doesn't work without it. But I've never heard of a problem with it, so long as you don't try to fire without the grips on the gun.
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  • nmyers
    The problem to which gundealer refers affected only the first large batch of Beretta 9mm's made in the US. The military had a couple of catastrophic slide failures in which the shooters were injured; Beretta redesigned the slide, and replaced all of those previously sold to the military. However, reasoning that civilian shooters wouldn't use their guns as much, Beretta refused to replace the defective slides on US guns previously sold to civilians.

    While the 92FS and Centurion have redesigned slides, and are fine, durable guns, I choose not to deal with a company that does business that way.

    Neal
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  • SilverBox
    I thought those early slide failures were found to be caused by defective overloaded +P+ ammo?? I could be wrong but I remember reading something about that on the berreta forum. check it out at http://www.berettaforum.net/cgi-bin/ubbcgi/ultimatebb.cgi not sure which threads cover this topic, but its there somewhere.
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